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Constance R. Sutton (1926–2018)
Author(s) -
LauriaPerricelli Antonio,
Basch Linda,
Bolles A. Lynn,
Glick Schiller Nina,
Lewis Linden,
Makiesky Barrow Susan,
Mitchell William P.,
Sutton David,
Thomas Deborah A.,
Queeley Andrea J.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1111/aman.13409
Subject(s) - maya , power (physics) , sociology , politics , anthropology , gender studies , agency (philosophy) , economic justice , law , history , social science , political science , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics
A pioneering scholar of Afro-Caribbean activism and migration and feminist anthropology, Constance Rita Sutton (“Connie,” as she was known to most) died on August 23, 2018. Her anthropology joined the production of knowledge to political action, a process she recognized as necessitating collaboration as much as, if not more than, individual effort and creativity. Her insights into the power of collectivity were shaped by her early encounters in Barbados with a cane workers’ wildcat strike and by her growing understanding of the strength and agency of women, especially when acting in concert. She envisioned an anthropology that extended beyond the academy, and she pursued this vision by working together with a cadre of female anthropologists, psychologists, writers, and activists like Eleanor Leacock, Vera Polgar/John-Steiner, June Nash, Helen Safa, Paule Marshall, and Maya Angelou. Influenced by the working-